hbgfan79

Problems with Roy, no job. Running for District Justice position while on elected School board. Suing State of PA to keep District Justice office open, just so he could get the $82,000 salary. Being a Steve Reed yes man on HSD Board of control. Running up School Debt while on both school boards. Recovering from what ever prevents him from working just in time to run for some elected office. I could go on, but mainly he is the past and a reason for the problems of the past.(Kim and GMR, too)

Singleton works, supports a family. Karl not beholden to any political group or old school movers and shakers, as they were called under Reeds 28 years. Singleton is smart and knows the issues. He worked his way up through education and I admire that, he had many chances to go other directions and stayed the course. He volunteers for many community groups, has always been their for the kids in the City, Steelton-Highspire and Swatara.

In the past I voted for Buxton, never asked questions or knew the issues myself, just voted for the familiar name that had Steve Reeds Support. I feel I owe more to and from the process, now I vote for the best person. No gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or political party or connections will sway my vote. Karl Singleton is the best candidate out of this group.

I will sum it up this way Roy, Kim and GMR want a job and the salary and perks that come with it. These three have connections to the past will owe favors to their supporters. Singleton has a job and is willing to lead and serve, he is in this for the right reason and he owes nobody. I would rather vote for a candidate that is all in on their own, than one that is pushed in for someone else.

This office is open every 2 years if you don't like Singleton, you can vote him out and move on. The other three never seem to move on.

Put a sheet of plywood over the backboard and paint a box on it or pull a board from another gym. Come on this is CV they got extra football fields! You know they have extra backboards. 10 minutes and game on.

In the city I would rip the rim off everytime I dunked. Of course our court was a milk crate nailed to a telephone pole. We kept a brick and some nails courtside for emergency repairs. Try hitting bankers off a telephone pole while dodging moving traffic. Even if our ball was run over by a bus we would not suspend a game. A shootin or a fire on the block was short timeout. If you broke a bone you got it checked out on a rainy day. What happened to the good old days. Well, I guess that's the suburbs for you.

With all the debt the City and School District have placed over the heads of the taxpayers I think Kim , Roberts and Christ are not worthy of a vote. Looking back Singleton sounded the alarm during the Reed/Kohn spending spree. Reed, Piccola and the Kohn led Board of Control painted Singleton as a troublemaker. Looks like the trouble was what they were trying to hide. Karl is the best candidate for the job, the others are connected to the current financal problems facing the city and county.

Nice math roadrage, maybe you should run the Turnpike.
If 2/3 of the drivers use the EZPASS the price should be going down. I see why they don't want the price on the tickets. State stores may be next if the turnpike can get away with not listing the price. If the private sector would try this crap the govt. would be on them quick. When it is the govt. agency they do what they want. Nobody protects the public. Bring back John Durbin, he was a straight shooter.

Hearing about a Commissioner that could have to pay big bucks in child support.

I think the pay should be capped at $60,000 or just go with one Commissioner. With the salary of the 3 plus Linda T. we pay almost as much as the President's salary. To govern less than 250,000 people in the county. Talk about out of touch.

Give back the $300,000 PA STATE DCNR grant money, then you can keep everyone out but Lemoyne residents. You wanted to boost attendance now you want to reduce attendance. Make up your mind.

Lemoyne getting back in the swim

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Lemoyne's community pool was aging, a bit boring and underused.

Borough officials hope its $750,000 makeover and new management by the YMCA will double its membership and make it a happening place this summer.

The old, L-shaped pool in Memorial Park was almost 40 years old and at the end of its useful life, according to borough manager Robert Ihlein.

It was starting to leak and needed a new filter and pump. One corner was settling. The Borough Council was faced with abandoning the pool and filling it in or renovating it.

Councilwoman Lori Hegedus said she almost voted against the new pool. But when she decided to back the renovations, she wanted to make sure they were done right, even if that meant spending more, she said.

The work was partially funded with a $300,000 grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Some of the rest of the $750,000 came from property the borough sold to Norfolk-Southern Railroad, Ihlein said.

The pool has a modern configuration with brightly colored slides, zero-entry points, lap lanes, shade umbrellas and features such as bubble jets, sprinklers and water curtains.

The council voted this month to turn over management to the West Shore YMCA at a cost of about $57,000. Officials hope that will help membership eventually at least double from the 260 season memberships last year.

Council President John Judson said he hopes "bringing the new pool and new management together will dramatically increase membership and revenue."

"Our pool was always underutilized," he said. "We could probably use the extra expertise."

Ihlein and other borough officials ran the pool in prior years, but that took away from their other duties, Ihlein said. He said the borough expected to pay $30,000 this year for lifeguards if the Y had not taken over, but it was difficult to estimate administrative costs. The Y will spend considerably more than the $2,000 the borough spent last year to entice people to the pool, Ihlein said....

ack the $300,000 PA STATE DNCR grant money then you can make it private and keep everyone out.